Re: What is the zstreamdump command in OpenZFS?

On 9/1/20 1:32 PM, Thomas Laus wrote:
> Group:
>
> Whenever I perform a major upgrade to any of my ZFS pools, I make a
> habit of sending the most recent snapshot to a file and then to a DLT
> tape or DVD.  I run the zstreamdump utility on the file and record the
> checksum.  I also run zstreamdump on the archive media and compare
> checksums.  With the recent ZFS upgrade in CURRENT, I could not locate
> this utility.  With a major upgrade such as this, I was really concerned
> about not being able to boot and loosing everything on a production
> system.  Fortunately this upgrade went smoothly and I did not have to
> restore from alternate media.  The next time, I may not be lucky.
>
> Tom
>
zstreamdump is supposed to be a script wrapper around a new, more 
general, command: zstream



#!/bin/sh

zstream dump "$_at_"



It doesn't appear to be installing itself properly, though. I'll have to 
look into that.

-Ryan